CVE-2024-2651

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab

Published May 9, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 33.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 16.9.7, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.5, all versions starting from 16.11 before 16.11.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service using maliciously crafted markdown content.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to versions 16.9.7, 16.10.5, 16.11.2 or above.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-27600 An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 16.9.7, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.5, all versions starting from 16.11 before 16.11.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service using maliciously crafted markdown content.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Weaknesses CWE-400
Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in GitLab Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
Weaknesses CWE-1333
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitLab
Published
Updated
Oct 3, 2024, 6:23 AM
Reserved
Mar 19, 2024, 2:30 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 14, 2024, 3:20 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:24 AM